About the Hackathon
# Weapons of Liberation Hackathon
**What is the “Weapons of Liberation” Hackathon?**
A two-week, virtual, hackathon to build freedom-centric apps on Bitcoin. Teams receive expert mentoring, a BTC prize pool, launch support, and free access to Open Ordinal and other sponsors' stack of tools and services during the build period.
## **Who can participate?**
Anyone, individuals or teams. To access the hackathon mentoring sessions in Tiny Vikings Discord.
Timeline
- Applications open: **Now**
- Applications deadline: 23:59 UTC, Sunday **21st September 2025**
- Project deadline: 23:59 UTC, Sunday **5th October 2025**
- Winners announced: **12th October 2025**
## Idea Submission
- No late or duplicate entries
## Build Phase
- 2-week hack window in Tiny Vikings Discord channels with mentor support
- All participants receive fee-waived access to Open Ordinal and other sponsors’ stack of tools and services for the duration of the hackathon
- [Open Ordinal](https://openordinal.dev) stack can be utilized but is not a hard requirement
Office hours, follow [OpenOrdinal](http://x.com/openordinal) on X for schedule, and office hours happen in [Tiny Vikings discord](https://discord.gg/ayBvRvwaUw) in the #hackathon channel